Fred D Mentor Group Part III (Page 27)

Yeah, a friend got there yesterday and said the air quality is the worst he's seen it.  We were there in August when it wasn't blowing much and the VOG gets pretty oppressive

Wow!  Kind of looks like a hole.....

Try remounting the tire and check the rim for out of round with a square.

Wut?

You could have a high spot on the tire. 

Checking the rim for out of round (egg shaped).  Tire off, remount rim on bike, bike in maintenance stand, carpenters square held with the 90° over the open rim (where the tire beads grab the rim) the other end of the carpenters square held on a flat surface.  If the rim hits your out of round.  Or if you have a wheel truing stand that will work for checking.

In my mind.......I am still an effective communicator. 

btw that was funny............

Very good video on wheel truing.

http://www.ehow.com/video_6198335_true-bicycle-wheel.html

Why the hate for Du's?  It's a common hate but why?  I love them.  I started with them, and I wish there were more.  I don't understand why they are not all winter long here

I like the swim.  I am good at the swim.  I have never done a duathlon.  I have doen lots of biathlons back in the 80's.

That's probably the difference.  I'm not good at any of the sports.  I am all around average.  I like both events so if a tri was knocked down to a DU I'd be ok with it. 

For those of you with the 910xt, how do you like your it as far as run pace accuracy?  I keep reading about all the bugs and how they may/may not have been fixed.  I would primarily use it for run training and so I could use one watch throughout the entire race.  I had issues last year using both a sport watch and putting on a 410 in T2 for the run.  Edge 500 would still be my cycling computer, and I don't really care about the swim features of the 910...just a nice to have IMO.

I don't mind the odd duathlon but would prefer a tri any day and if a tri turns du, I get cranky.  The one nice thing about a Du for me is that I get to pass people on the bike.  In a tri, I tend to only get passed...

I did a run biathlon once a couple of years ago, first time I ever held a gun of any sort and I actually managed to hit a couple of targets in between gasps...

x2 

We actually don't have any duathlons here on Oahu if you believe that.  We had a couple in the past that were tied in with other tris, but they didn't get enough interest.

Done the other day - hope he has a great race.  Also would be cool if he makes it past the cutting room floor onto the NBC show at the end of the month.  Something tells me if he can get on the podium we'll see him on TV.

I have heard they fixed it, or improved it, but I never really used it either on the 305 or now the 910.   I do use lap pace on occasion, which is fairly accurate but I guess not indicative of current speed necessarily.   However, doing BarryP's thing I am trying to divorce myself from current pace as I am not doing interval type workouts.  A way of saying I don't want to know that info 

I was running 2.4 on my unit, never upgraded to 2.5, now they are on 2.6 and am considering it

BTW, it was brilliant for OWS and my 10K swim training last summer.

Done, I hope he has a fantastic race!

James, thanks for the video and how to check if the wheel is out of round.  I will check it this weekend!

I finally feel *mostly* better this morning.  At least my ears and sinuses don't feel all plugged up any more.  I'm hoping to get in a short run today - I am expecting that to suck.

On a depressing note, there is frost on my back deck this morning.  

From what I've read, lap pace and overall pace tended to be good, but current pace was a joke - now it seems to be largely resolved.  Although lap pace is what I pay attention to the most.

As for the swim features, I'm really looking forward to those - especially OWS as Chris mentioned.